mesne

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Was it to ask him about the mesne profits?—when he could refund them?—to tell him he would be sued, unless he did refund them?

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Vavassors, that is, mesne tenants, are particularly mentioned in one enumeration of barons attending the court.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

There were times when he thought he should have to come upon Lionel Verner for the mesne profits, he observed.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

To successive priors, as mesne lords, it also owed its earliest municipal privileges.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

For the charter was sealed and seisin delivered in the presence of Dom Galors, almoner of the Abbey, of Master Porges, seneschal of High March, and of one or two mesne lords of those parts.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry